Logos picked for new Erie High School

The primary and secondary designs both feature crowns, for the Royals mascot.

Ed Palattella @ETNPalattella

The look of the new Erie High School continues to take shape.

The Erie School Board on Wednesday unanimously approved two logos to go along with the school's mascot and colors — the Royals and purple and gold — that the district unveiled on Friday.

A crown is prominent in each logo, which the high school memorabilia manufacturer Jostens designed for the Erie School District for free. The primary logo also features the Royals name.

The secondary logo, which the district is likely to use on football helmets and uniform apparel, is in the shape of a shield, and features "Erie."

The School Board picked the two logos from a total of eight. The district's coordinator of grants and community relations, Daria Devlin, told the board she recommended the two selected logos because of their clean designs. She said the district got feedback on the eight designs after posting them on the district's Facebook page.

Three of the eight logos featured a lion, which Devlin said could be problematic because the lion was the mascot of the former Academy High School, which was located in the building now home to Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy.

"It has the crown," Devlin said of the selected design, "but it does not have the lion."

At the request of the School Board, Devlin agreed to ask Jostens to tweak both logos to add detail to the crowns.

Erie High School is the new name for Central Career & Technical School, 3325 Cherry St. The school district created Erie High by merging Strong Vincent and East high schools at the Central building. The combined high school will start operating in 2017-18, when Strong Vincent and East will become middle schools.

Students picked the name, mascot and colors for Erie High School. With the logos also selected, the district now will order new athletic uniforms.

Ed Palattella can be reached at 870-1813 or by email. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNpalattella.

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